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In November, volunteers and Orlando worked on improving the new greenhouse by cleaning up, arranging trees and supplies, preparing materials for mixing soil, and building new tools, such as a soil sifter. More soil was collected and sifted and was used as a substrate for transplanting seedlings to plastic bottles. There were also opportunities to […]
Read MoreReport #2November 15-16, 2016By David Simpson and Jane Lapiner The Post Obama Climate Change Era COP 22, the fifteen or maybe even 30 ring circus the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is putting on in the middle of a broad, muddy field at the edge of Marrakech, Morocco is directly under the flight […]
Read MoreDavid Simpson and Jane Lapiner traveled to Marrakech, Morocco from their home in Petrolia, California last week to attend and report on the United Nations climate summit. Report #1 November 12, 2016By David Simpson and Jane Lapiner So Much to Lose The BBC weather woman, with an outline of almost the whole Mediterranean region on […]
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Planet Drum’s new greenhouse location behind the Catholic University in Km. 8 is officially open and functioning now that we have a connection to the university’s water infrastructure. The greenhouse is now located at a safe and comfortable distance from University buildings which are undergoing simultaneous demolition and construction. All of the trees and nearly […]
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Although landslides caused by the April 16th, 2016 earthquake weren’t all that widespread, there were a few areas where they occurred. Slides along the road from San Vicente to Canoa covered the highway and crews are still cleaning up the damage.
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In 2014, Planet Drum did a Dry Tropical Forest Revegetation workshop with the Los Algarrobos elementary school in Canoa. Recently we returned to the school to do another workshop. We arrived Friday morning with a truckload of native fruit trees (one for each student and faculty member and began showing them how to plant the […]
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The Catholic University in Km. 8, where the main Planet Drum greenhouse has been located for the past thirteen years, is in the process of demolishing one half of the university’s building infrastructure. Simultaneously they are doing renovations on the other half and building entirely new structures for classrooms on top of the area that […]
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A friend of Planet Drum’s from San Vicente, Marcos Cevallos, contacted me about receiving a tree donation for the Colegio Elias Cedeño Jerves in Canoa. I suggested he pick up 100 native fruit trees (Chirimoya, Guava de Machete, Pechiche, and Mandarina) that we had available at the new Planet Drum house. The trees will be planted at […]
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A committee, which is headed by Patricio Tamariz, Planet Drum’s original contact in Bahía, held a meeting to discuss plans for rebuilding Bahía. The committee, which is part of the Ministry for Urban Development and Housing (MIDUVI), has a proposal for 8 development projects in Bahía. The projects were presented by urban architect Carolina Proaño to a […]
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The Catholic University is in the midst of demolishing buildings damaged during the earthquake, and beginning to build foundations for new structures next to and on top of the Planet Drumgreenhouse’s previous location. Orlando has done an excellent job of making sure that the demolition and construction crews don’t damage our greenhouse operations amidst the mayhem. […]
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